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LawSchoolLiberal Donating Member (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 07:36 PM
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"Having an idiot-proof system doesn't mean you don't have idiots."
I loves me some John Turley.

He made the above quote on Countdown just now. He also did a good job (IMHO) of articulating the value of preserving the rights of people we don't like: "It doesn't change who we are, or how we try them." Totally agree. Giving criminals (of any kind) rights---to a trial, to representation, to see the evidence against them, to name a few---demonstrates the reasons for the moral authority of a society and a state, not a weakness!
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 07:37 PM
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1. Meatballs attract meatballs
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 07:39 PM
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2. That was a good line.
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beac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-12-08 07:51 PM
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3. Reminds me of one of my favorite Despair, Inc. posters...
Edited on Thu Jun-12-08 07:52 PM by beac




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